I can't dim my screen

I have an XP AAO and for some reason I can't dim my screen. All other FN functions work (volume, etc....) but when I press fn+left arrow or right arrow nothing happens. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Is there any type of work around?


Thanks!

 

Can anyone help me?

 

I had this, it happened when my One crashed during an update. A reinstall of linpus sorted it. Try this if you still have the problem.

 

[edit] Ooops sorry, XP - ignore that

Check in your home directory for a file .XHkeys, this should contain the key mappings...
-Duncan.

cat ~/.XHkeys
xhkeys.codeline19: 176;0;A#;/usr/bin/volcontrol up
xhkeys.codeline20: 174;0;A#;/usr/bin/volcontrol down
xhkeys.codeline32: 174;18;A#;/usr/bin/volcontrol down
xhkeys.codeline16: 123;0;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash brightness_up
xhkeys.codeline13: 192;0;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash touchpad_off
xhkeys.codeline26: 115;18;A#;/usr/bin/xfdesktop2 --gohome
xhkeys.codeline28: 78;18;A#;/usr/bin/xflock4
xhkeys.codeline15: 78;2;A#;/usr/bin/xflock4
xhkeys.codeline34: 176;18;A#;/usr/bin/volcontrol up
xhkeys.codeline27: 78;16;A#;/usr/bin/xflock4
xhkeys.codeline22: 115;0;A#;/usr/bin/superhome.sh
xhkeys.codeline6: 174;2;A#;/usr/bin/volcontrol down
xhkeys.codeline23: 239;2;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash brightness_down
xhkeys.codeline3: 191;2;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash touchpad_on
xhkeys.codeline8: 233;2;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash wireless_up
xhkeys.codeline21: 123;2;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash brightness_up
xhkeys.codeline31: 174;16;A#;/usr/bin/volcontrol down
xhkeys.plugin1: xhkeys_cdaudio;cda;devname="/dev/cdrom";devgrab=n
xhkeys.codeline10: 234;2;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash wireless_down
xhkeys.plugin2: xhkeys_mixer;vol;devname="/dev/mixer"channel=-1;devgrab=n
xhkeys.codeline11: 248;0;A#;/usr/bin/lvdsvga.sh &
xhkeys.codeline24: 115;2;A#;/usr/bin/superhome.sh
xhkeys.codeline4: 160;2;A#;/usr/bin/mutecontrol
xhkeys.codeline17: 239;0;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash brightness_down
xhkeys.codeline1: 248;2;A#;/usr/bin/lvdsvga.sh &
xhkeys.codeline35: 248;16;A#;/usr/bin/lvdsvga.sh &
xhkeys.codeline36: 248;18;A#;/usr/bin/lvdsvga.sh &
xhkeys.codeline12: 191;0;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash touchpad_on
xhkeys.codeline9: 234;0;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash wireless_down
xhkeys.codeline18: 160;0;A#;/usr/bin/mutecontrol
xhkeys.codeline5: 176;2;A#;/usr/bin/volcontrol up
xhkeys.codeline29: 160;18;A#;/usr/bin/mutecontrol
xhkeys.codeline7: 233;0;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash wireless_up
xhkeys.codeline33: 176;16;A#;/usr/bin/volcontrol up
xhkeys.codeline2: 192;2;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash touchpad_off
xhkeys.codeline25: 115;16;A#;/usr/bin/superhome.sh
xhkeys.codeline14: 78;0;A#;/usr/bin/xflock4
xhkeys.codeline30: 160;16;A#;/usr/bin/mutecontrol
xhkeys.codeline45: 163;0;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash 3G_on
xhkeys.codeline46: 163;2;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash 3G_on
xhkeys.codeline47: 163;16;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash 3G_on
xhkeys.codeline48: 163;18;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash 3G_on
xhkeys.codeline49: 204;0;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash 3G_off
xhkeys.codeline50: 204;2;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash 3G_off
xhkeys.codeline51: 204;16;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash 3G_off
xhkeys.codeline52: 204;18;A#;/usr/bin/hotkey_splash 3G_off

 

Not sure if this helps but if you download and install Volumouse from Nirsoft, you can set it up to use a mousewheel to change the brightness.

Obviously relies on you connecting a mouse to your A1 ?

Also not sure if helps with battery life as it cheats slightly to change the brightness (it just alters the gamma settings).

 

Cool, thanks for the info guys.

Volumouse works like a charm. One thing I did notice, is that when I dim the screen, the image takes on a slight blue hue. Is that normal for the AAO?